Change is scary. When an article is posted about an innovative company installing robots, aren’t we all afraid of what will happen to its human workers? It’s a fact that automation reduces business cost by having a machine do a job a person was doing. But is that the whole story? Automation and robotics are good for companies, but are they good for human workers?

Germany just created a system to make packaging producers share the cost of the disposal and recycling of their used packaging. Beginning January 1, 2019, any company that ships goods to or within Germany to consumers for commercial purposes and puts packaging into commercial distribution must register as part of the new Packaging Act...

Conveyor systems are a critical part of packaging automation systems and can add a tremendous boost to productivity. They allow for faster and safer transportation of goods from one location to another. Our conveyor systems are flexible, adaptable and scalable giving the ability to be tailored to the layout of your facility and processes...

It’s no secret that automation has immense potential to increase productivity. But a lot of manufacturers are still on the fence when it comes to taking the automation plunge. Since 1957, Rocket Industrial has been working with our clients to find the right equipment to automate their packaging processes...

A splice is the process of joining two rolls of a product using tape, called splicing tape, to create one continuous roll. This is done in place of rethreading a machine each time a new roll of product is needed. Find out more about our top selling spicing tapes...

When you come to Rocket Industrial with questions about how to create better food packaging, we’ll refer you to our resident expert, Andrew Olund. We asked Andrew what he’s keeping an eye on for food and food packaging trends, and here’s what he told us...

If you’re wondering ‘What tape should I use for my packaging operations?’ or ‘How do I know if the packaging tape I’m currently using is the best option?’, we can help with that. We enlisted the help of our packaging engineers to gather some insight into what factors and tests go into determining the best tape for the job...

Rocket Industrial has been certified as a Great Place to Work for the 3rd consecutive year by the Great Place to Work Institute. Fortune Magazine partners annually with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct independent surveys of qualifying companies in each state. Rocket Industrial earned this year’s credential based on the exemplary ratings provided by our employees in anonymous surveys.

Have you ever noticed this little seal on the bottom of a corrugated box? It’s called a box makers certificate or BMC. It’s a big deal for anyone in the manufacturing, packaging, and logistics industry. The BMC tells us what forces the box can handle and the specifics on how the box was constructed...

Edge protection solves a wide range of storage, stacking, shipping, and product protection challenges. From an e-commerce/direct ship standpoint, edge protection is an effective solution to safeguarding against potential damage that could occur during transit to the customer’s doorstep...